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by Silhouette 1315 days ago
I'm not sure on what planet it's a successful strategy to buy a tech company as the richest man in the world, fire half the staff, then claim that the company is in trouble and the remaining staff need to work "hardcore" to help keep the ship afloat. I'm fairly sure he'll need more than Starlink and SpaceX to reach that planet though.

Even in the current market there are surely going to be more attractive options for most or all of the good technical staff at Twitter than taking Musk's new deal. After recent events I doubt there will be much loyalty keeping anyone there either. A mass exodus seems inevitable.

I wonder if Twitter will even exist as a business in anything like its current form a year from now. Maybe Musk has a bet with Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to see if he can beat their record for causing billions in economic damage in the shortest time possible.